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Jenna Sarvaideo, DO

Assistant Professor

Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Endocrinology

Languages

  • English

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General Interests

Andropause, Health Services for Transgender Persons, Hypogonadism, Klinefelter Syndrome, Menopause, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Turner Syndrome

Education

  • DO - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Biography

Dr. Sarvaideo completed her fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2017. She then joined the Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine as an Assistant Professor in 2017 and is currently the Associate Program Director for the Endocrinology Fellowship program. Dr. Sarvaideo is taking part in the Clinical Research Scholars Program with the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeastern Wisconsin. She is involved in several national and international medical societies including the Endocrine Society, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, North American Menopause Society and Androgen Society. She serves on the Endocrine Society Transgender Research and Medicine Special Interest Group (SIG) Steering Committee.

Dr. Sarvaideo is the principal investigator for two clinical trials involving oral and sublingual estradiol and transgender women. She is involved in a quality improvement project in our MCW Inclusion Health Clinic. She also enjoys mentoring fellows, residents, and medical students. In 2019, she along with a medical student, were awarded an Endocrine Society Summer Research Fellowship Award. In 2020, she received a MCW Research Affairs Committee grant.

Education

  • BA, Bachelor's in Art History and Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, 2008
  • DO, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, 2012

Leadership Positions

  • Lead reviewer, WPATH 26th Scientific Review Committee, World Professional Association for Transgender Health Associate, 07/17/2020 - 08/03/2020
  • Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship

Research Areas of Interest

  • Hypogonadism

Research Experience

  • Transgender Persons

Clinical Expertise

  • Andropause
  • Health Services for Transgender Persons
  • Hypogonadism
  • Kallmann Syndrome
  • Klinefelter Syndrome
  • Menopause
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  • Turner Syndrome

Research Interests

Clinical Trials involving transgender women. Transgender medicine, male hypogonadism, menopause, PCOS, premature ovarian insufficiency, Turner Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome

09/2018 - Present, Sublingual Estradiol Versus Oral Estradiol in Transgender Women
Primary Aim. To establish the pharmacokinetics of sublingual estradiol versus oral estradiol in transgender women.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04036500

Current, Coagulation Activation and Fibrinolysis with Sublingual versus Oral Estradiol in Transgender Women
Primary Aim 1: To measure coagulation system activation and fibrinolysis following sublingual versus oral estradiol administration in transgender women.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier pending

Current, The Utility of Monitoring Potassium in Transgender Women on Spironolactone.

Publications